New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1985 at Riverfront Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 2 1
Chapman 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
  Reynolds c 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 1 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Christensen lf 3 0 1 1
Santana ss 3 1 1 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
  Perez ph 0 0 0 0
Rose 1b 5 0 3 0
Parker rf 5 0 0 0
Walker lf 1 1 0 0
  Davis ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Krenchicki 3b 3 1 2 0
  Esasky ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 2 0
Foley ss 2 0 0 0
  Concepcion ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Van Gorder c 4 0 1 2
  Tibbs pr 0 0 0 0
Browning p 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Soto ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
New York 001 200 000382
Cincinnati 000 200 000281
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (4-1) 7.0 7 2 2 3 9
  Orosco  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  L (2-1) 4.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Price   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Franco   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
3

  E–Chapman 2 (3), Walker (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–New York Knight (1,off Browning); Carter (4,off Price), Cincinnati Van Gorder (2,off Gooden).  SH–Gooden (1,off Browning).  IBB–Christensen (1,by Price).  CS–Rose (1,2nd base by Gooden/Carter).  WP–Orosco (1).  IBB–Price (3,Christensen).  T–2:48.  A–20,179.
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